Amanda M. Burke is a partner in the Corporate & Financial Services Department of Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP in New York, with particular experience in mergers and acquisitions, activist matters and other significant corporate matters.
Experience
Amanda has advised:
- Third Point LLC and Saddle Point Management L.P. in connection with the appointment of three independent directors to the board of Advance Auto Parts, Inc. and a related cooperation agreement with the company
- Barry Sternlicht in connection with his successful proxy contest at Cano Health, Inc.
- Sarissa Capital in connection with a proxy contest with Alkermes
- Third Point in connection with its activism activities at Bath & Body Works, Inc. (BBWI) that resulted in the appointment of several directors identified by Third Point to the board of BBWI
- Sarissa Capital in connection with its successful proxy fight in which it elected seven directors to the Board of Amarin Corp plc, and secured the removal of the chair of Amarin’s Board
- Tenex Capital Management in its investment in Rose Paving, a national provider of parking lot maintenance and rehabilitation solutions
- Tenex Capital Management in the sale of Wolf Home Products, a provider of kitchen and bath, outdoor living and building products, to PrimeSource Brands, a portfolio company of Clearlake Capital Group, L.P.
- CIP Capital and its portfolio company Compliance Solutions Strategies (CSS) in the sale of CSS to Confluence Technologies
- Xerox in connection with formation of CareAR Software Business and investment by ServiceNow
- New Mountain Vantage in its proxy contest and settlement agreement with Virtusa Corporation
- Sarissa Capital in a settlement with Alkermes, pursuant to which Sarissa Capital was granted the right to designate a director to the company's Board of Directors
- Platinum Equity in the financing of its $7.2 billion acquisition of Ingram Micro
Credentials
Education
Cornell Law School, J.D., 2009 Georgetown University, B.S., 2003